Kyodo News – Aug 15, 2014

The main difference [in the Arlington National Cemetery-Yasukuni Shrine comparison] is that Japan [was] subject to an international judicial process to hold it to account for what its military and government did during the war years. That process is what makes Class A war criminals such a point of contention. Confederate soldiers rose in rebellion against their own government and any crimes they may have been responsible for were against fellow Americans, not against foreigners.